Feeder for ingot molds



July 8, 1924-. 1,500,760

B. H. HOWARD ET AL whereby it is firmly supported. on the upper l etented duly o,

nnoon vmnn El. EQ'W'ABJ), 0L" WASHIHGTGN, DIETEEGT 01 GQL'UKEEBEA, ERNEST J. non-ism, 6E PITTEBURGFI, IEEEXBIBYLVAHHL hgaplioetion filed April or, 19%.. @erlel lilo. 708,6E2.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that Bnoommnnn H. Howm and. {Enmzsr J. TURNER, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Washington, District of Columbia, and Pittsburgh, in the county oi? Alleghen and .State of Pennsylvania, have invents certain nevrand useful Improvements in Feed are for Ingot Molds, of which the following is a. specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in feeders "for ingot moldsl The object of our invention is to provide a feeder for ingot molds made of refractory material adapted to be readily inserted into and supported onthe upper end of the mold and at the same time provide a feeder which retains the heat at the upper end of the mold to prevent the formation of what is known as piping and reduce segregation.

Another object of our invention is to provide a feeder for ingot molds having means end of the mold and the said supporting means serving as strengthening means for the feeder and also to retain heat at the upper end of the mold.

A further object of our invention is to provide a reversible feeder in which the necessary strength is obtained and the necessary amount 0? material is provided for retaining the heat, yet reducing the amount of material used in a feeder or" this charac ter and at the sometime to provide a simple, cheap and efiective feeder having certain details of structure and combination of parts hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawing Figure l is e perspective View of our improved feeder applied to a mold.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of Figure 1, showing a reversible feeder.

Figure 3 a top plan view of a modified form of feeder.

In the accompanying drawings 1 represents the mold and 2 the feeder. The feeder as shown is or" a. rectangular form to cor-,

respond with the shape of the mold and is provided on its outer periphery with the vertically dis osecl ribs 3 arranged close together where y the necessary strength is obtained and at the se ne time providing suficient material at the upper end of the mold to retain the heat to prevent the rapid cooling of the upper end of the ingot and thus prevent piping and reduce segregation. These ribs 3 as shown are close together which greatly strengthen the feeder and also serve as supporting means for holding the feeder upon the upper end of the mold. Y

In the'inodifieetion shown in Figure 3 we have shown the four Walls l, 5, 6 and. 7 0% e rectongeler feeder provided on their outerfaces With the vertically disposed ribs 8. The corners of the rectangular feeder are provided with the enlarged semi-circuler ribs 9, 10, 11 and 12 which greatly stren hen that portion of the feeder eulojecte to the greatest strain. While we have shown the ribs 3 and 8 wedge shaped in hor'- zontel section it will be understood that the shape of thesame could be varied without departing from our invention.-

Having thus fully described our invention what We claim is: v

l. A feeder for ingot molds comprising a body portion having at large number of vertically disposed rilos on its outer fees.

2. it feeder "for ingot molds comprising; a body portion made of refractory material having its outer face rovided with vertically disposed connects ribs.

3. A feeder for ingot molds compi' e? a body portion made of refractory material having intermediate its ends e series of vertically disposed rihs extending entirely around the outer face of the feeder.

e. A "feeder for ingot molds comprisin a body portion having adjoining ribs carrie by its outer face intermediate its ends and extending entirely around thefeeder.

5. A feeder for ingot molds comprising a hodyportion having a portion of its outer face provided with vertically disposed connected ribs extending entirely around the,

of the feeder.

6. A feeder for ingot niolds comprising a body portion made of refractory material having vertically disposed ribs arranged on opposite sides and connected by larger ribs.

7. A feeder for ingot molds comprising a 5 body portion having a series of ronnor-locl ribs extending entirely around the same.

8. A feeder for ingot molds comprising a body portion having a shoulder therearound and said shoulder having vertically disposed grooves therein. 10

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

BLOOMFIELD HQ HOWARD. ERNEST J. TURNER. 

